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Welcome to the Virginia War Memorial’s Virginia Heroes database. This online resource is a comprehensive list of Veterans both in Virginia and across the country who wish to be represented.

This list includes all of Virginia’s Heroes who made the supreme sacrifice from WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf and whose names are etched in stone and glass on the walls of the Shrine of Memory. Their records are indicated by a gold star.

Staffers and volunteers at the War Memorial continue to research the names and personal histories of Virginia’s fallen. As we learn more about these brave men and women, we will continue to add information to this database so that their stories may never be forgotten.

To submit your personal service record information, or that of any other Virginia veteran, living or deceased, please use the Veteran Updates form and submit to the Memorial for inclusion.

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John Lawrence Beebe

Private, Army

Born: April 2, 1921
Hometown: Accomack County
Casualty Date: March 16, 1945
Died In: Dolenbach, France
Awards: Purple Heart, Silver Star

Private Beebe served with Company I, 396th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division. Before the war, he worked for H C Watson Corporation in Onley, Virginia.  He was wounded by a mine March 12, 1945 and died four days later; he was awarded a Silver Star Citation for his action. Private …

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Rufus L. Beeler

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Bristol, VA
Casualty Date: September 15, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 175th Infantry Regiment

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Charles E. Beemer

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Lynchburg, VA

killed in World War II

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Peter J. W. Beer

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Arlington County, VA
Casualty Date: May 29, 1945
Died In: Okinawa
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

served with the 307th Infantry Regiment

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Frank Earl Begley

Corporal, Army

Born: November 18, 1920
Hometown: Wise County
Casualty Date: April 22, 1951
Died In: Unsan, North Korea

Corporal Begley served with the 8th Cavalry (Infantry) Regiment. He was taken prisoner on November 2, 1950 and died in a prisoner of war camp on April 22, 1951. He has a memorial marker in Glencoe Cemetery, Wise County, Virginia.

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Walter Peter Behr

Technician, Fourth Grade, Army

Born: December 27, 1918
Hometown: Albemarle County, VA
Casualty Date: March 15, 1945
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Milton Ruppert Beirne

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Richmond City, VA
Casualty Date: July 29, 1944
Died In: North Sea
Awards: Purple Heart, Air Medal

Second Lieutenant Beirne served with the 506th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force as a bombardier. His name is etched on the Tablets of the Missing in Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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Max Beisinger

Private, Army

Hometown: Wythe County, VA
Casualty Date: August 26, 1944
Died In: France
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 115th Infantry Regiment

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Walter Brown Beisinger, Jr.

First Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Norfolk City

killed in World War II

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Albert Belcher

Staff Sergeant, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: December 20, 1942
Died In: Osprey Reef area, Coral Sea
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 90th Bombardment Squadron

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George B. Belcher

Private, Army

Hometown: Russell County, VA
Casualty Date: September 17, 1944
Died In: Holland
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment

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Gordon Philip Belcher

Apprentice Seaman, Navy


killed in World War II

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William Wesley Belcher

Private, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: January 16, 1945
Died In: near Bovigny, Belgium
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 330th Infantry Regiment

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Donald N. Belcher

Private First Class, Army

Born: March 3, 1931
Hometown: Lee County
Casualty Date: January 7, 1951
Died In: Republic of Korea
Awards: Bronze Star Medal

Private First Class Begley served with I Company, 3rd Battalion 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He is buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Pennington Gap, Virginia.  

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Bart Belcher, Jr.

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Wise County, VA
Casualty Date: February 4, 1945
Died In: Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart

Served with the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

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Leland E. Belgard

Private First Class, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA

killed in World War II

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Edward Allen Belknap

Second Lieutenant, Army

Hometown: Fairfax County, VA
Casualty Date: March 28, 1945
Died In: Lorch, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart

served with the 355th Infantry Regiment

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James H. Bell

Private, Army

Born: December 15, 1915
Hometown: Accomack County
Casualty Date: November 23, 1944

killed in World War II; served in the 405th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division.

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Joseph X. Bell

Major, Army

Hometown: Rockbridge County, VA
Casualty Date: March 10, 1945
Died In: over Germany

Served with the 22nd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group.

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Josiah Scott Bell

Private First Class, Marine Corps

Hometown: Norfolk City
Casualty Date: February 26, 1945
Died In: Iwo Jima
Awards: Purple Heart
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